Birds to See in Namibia in May
56 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
56 bird species on our list for Namibia are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Fork-tailed Drongo, Cape Starling, Pale-winged Starling, Helmeted Guineafowl and Egyptian Goose. New this month: Mallard.
Residents
(41)Recorded all year
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilisLC
Recorded all year
Cape Starling
Lamprotornis nitensLC
Recorded all year
Pale-winged Starling
Onychognathus nabouroupLC
Recorded all year
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Southern Masked Weaver
Ploceus velatusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Crow
Corvus albusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Ostrich
Struthio camelusLC
Recorded all year
Cape Sparrow
Passer melanurusLC
Recorded all year
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Spur-winged Goose
Plectropterus gambensisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Recorded all year
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie Shrike
Urolestes melanoleucusLC
Recorded all year
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Lanner Falcon
Falco biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Recorded all year
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Recorded all year
African Pygmy-falcon
Polihierax semitorquatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Recorded all year
Secretarybird
Sagittarius serpentariusEN
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Recorded all year
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(11)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Oct–May
African Marsh Harrier
Circus ranivorusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Damara Tern
Sternula balaenarumLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Winter visitors
(2)Present outside the breeding season
Passage migrants
(2)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made